Coping strategies and styles of family carers of persons with enduring mental illness: A mixed methods analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-28

  Kartalova O'Doherty, Yulia ^a   Doherty, Donna Tedstone ^a  

^a HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Contextual factors; Coping process; Coping strategies; Coping styles; Enduring mental illness; Family carers; Mixed methods research; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 38949129063     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2007.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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